iterative evolution

noun

The repeated emergence of similar or parallel structures, traits, or entire species from the same ancestral lineage at different times.

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Meanings

nouniterative evolution (countable and uncountable, plural iterative evolutions)

plural iterative evolutions

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe repeated emergence of similar or parallel structures, traits, or entire species from the same ancestral lineage at different times.
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